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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Month End Review - December 2010

December was eaten up by 2 types of sewing: holiday (to be expected) and our seat of the pants decision to get married in January, bringing about some hasty wedding-type sewing.

All in all, I made 14 pieces in December, but only used up something in the area of 17 yards of fabric (craft show items and gifts are pretty small).

The small ticket items: 6 beaded velvet scarves for the craft show, and 3 turtlenecks from the BWOF September issue, one for me, one for Mario's sister, and one for my housemate. One was navy, one was gray and one was purple, but they were all sewn with black thread, so I could knock them out in an evening.

One of my favorites was the dress I made for a friend to give as a baby gift - I'm really enjoying making the small stuff, and it fits in with my thrift store / recycling ethic. And it's cute!

The Lazy Girl Gracie handbag for my soon-to-be mom-in-law was made from remnants of several previous projects, including her 2006 Christmas bag. (She liked it it and wore it out; why re-invent the wheel?)

And drumroll, . . . the Tiffany blue french-cuffed wedding shirt for him, and the dress and jacket for me, which is as yet only being seen in pieces. I promise, I promise, there will be real photos of both pieces soon.

Karen

About Me

Writer, packrat, cat lady, mad sewer, book hound and anything else you can think of that requires accumulation in numbers.

I can't remember a time when I didn't make things. Now I'm a recovering stasher belatedly discovering my sense of thrift. This is a chronicle of my journey to take my passion for refashioning and recycling and turn it into something more . . . and perhaps set me free from cubicle-land once and for all.